The Last Rituals 2
Hello friends of Poetry Soup.
I am coming back after a long gap during which many things happened with me. I lost my dear wife Shashi in July 2017 who was ill for the last few months. She was not only my life partner but she was my inspiration which helped me a lot to write and compose some songs and music etc.
The Poem ‘The Last Rituals’ is a small homage to my dear wife Shashi which was written immediately after her death but it’s first part was completed a little later because of Ash ceremony which we completed later at Rishikesh (in the foot hills of Himalaya) in the Holy water of River Ganges.
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Ravindra K Kapoor
The Last Rituals 2
The immortal lines of Geeta
Began to overflow in my mind
"nainam chindanti shastrani
nainam dahati pavakah
na chainam kledayanty apo
na sosayati marutah". 04
“The soul can never be cut to pieces
By any weapon, nor burned by fire,
Nor moistened by water,
Nor withered by the wind”
Only it has changed its tired and exhausted body
So that it may take a rebirth
Like the new rays of Sun
Which get vanished in end of the day
But comes every morning
With a life giving and blooming effects
In which every plant and trees
Every flower and buds
Feels the refreshing energy of God. 05
I was aware that her sweet smiling face
And her humble body
Which became weak and powerless
Because of the tortures of modern medicines
And hundreds of painful tests
Which she faced in the last few weeks
Had lost their ill effects
Which was paining her in the last moments of life
And now she was free from all pains and miseries
From all bondages and cares and pledges
As she was in the divine hands of God. 06
The next was her body’s final journey
Towards the river bank of Ganga
For its last and final good bye
The moments were heavy
When we waited for the whole night
For her son with his family to arrive
During this time of complete silence & darkness
When she was resting in a cool box
We were reciting her favorite chapter from Ramcharitmanas
"The Sundar Kanda"
When we completed it in the early morning
The golden rays of Sun were
Piercing the slightly clouded sky
To spread its last rays
On the cool and calm body and face
Of my dear wife Shashi
Which was still in the same stage
As if she is in rest and sleeping
Although I knew that
Changes inside her body were still
Taking place
Reminding us that
We cannot keep her like this
Forever. 07 ......To be concluded
Ravindra K Kapoor
India 29th Aug. 2017
Copyright © Ravindra K Kapoor | Year Posted 2017
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